From 1bd2142063ff16461649212c2d5dbc4bd36213cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ghidragon <106987263+ghidragon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:08:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] GP-6204 fixed bug in byte viewer where blank line not aligned
 properly

---
 .../app/plugin/core/byteviewer/ByteViewerLayoutModel.java | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/ByteViewer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/byteviewer/ByteViewerLayoutModel.java b/Ghidra/Features/ByteViewer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/byteviewer/ByteViewerLayoutModel.java
index 54e7acba1f..dabeafc5c6 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/ByteViewer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/byteviewer/ByteViewerLayoutModel.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/ByteViewer/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/byteviewer/ByteViewerLayoutModel.java
@@ -122,9 +122,11 @@ public class ByteViewerLayoutModel implements LayoutModel {
 		if (fields.size() == 0) {
 			if (factorys.length > 0) {
 				FontMetrics fm = factorys[0].getMetrics();
-				int height = fm.getMaxAscent() + fm.getMaxDescent();
-				fields.add(
-					new EmptyTextField(height, factorys[0].getStartX(), 0, factorys[0].getWidth()));
+				int heightAbove = fm.getMaxAscent();
+				int heightBelow = fm.getMaxDescent();
+				int x = factorys[0].getStartX();
+				int w = factorys[0].getWidth();
+				fields.add(new EmptyTextField(heightAbove, heightBelow, x, w));
 			}
 			else {
 				fields.add(new EmptyTextField(20, 0, 0, 10));